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Summary: For episode 132 of our IT in the D broadcast, we were joined by Leo Barella, CTO of BCBSM to talk about innovation in companies and technology, as well as Focus:Hope to discuss their training and certification programs that can help people get into a wide variety of fields ranging from manufacturing to technology and more...<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan can be found at: http://www.bcbsm.com/<br> <br> Their technology website is at: http://www.mibluesperspectives.com/mibluetech/<br> <br> Focus: Hope and their training programs can be found at http://www.focushope.edu/<br> <br> Information about our upcoming Pink Slip Party can be found at http://www.itinthed.com/18385/pink-slip-party-march-10-2016/<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> IT in the D<br> On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com<br> On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/<br> On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763<br> On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD<br> On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD<br> <br> Podcast Detroit is at:<br> On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/<br> On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit<br> On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit<br> On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit